Azzedine Alaia
Azzedine Alaia
Azzedine Alaïais a Tunisian-born couturier and shoe designer, particularly successful since the 1980s...
NationalityTunisian
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth26 February 1940
CountryTunisia
couture ready sample
I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.
long way stills
I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.
designer young surround
I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.
years house tunisia
I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.
names people world
I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.
accompany perfume prestige total work
I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.
assisted babies birth helped madame midwife women
There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.
costumes designed easier
Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.
whom
I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'
garments materials private shape using
I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.
directly
I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.
dictated followed women
I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.
human
A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.
heard word
When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.